A malaria parasite originated in African apes before evolving to infect people, a new study shows. Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have studied the parasite Plasmodium malariae – one of six ...

Researchers say they have solved a 100-year-old mystery about the evolutionary links between malaria parasites that infect humans and chimpanzees. They discovered that the parasite, Plasmodium ...

Malaria is caused by Plasmodium parasites, which are spread to humans by mosquitoes. The genomes of three human infective Plasmodium species are relatively well studied, especially P. falciparum, the ...

The prevalence of malaria infection in 102 paired maternal-blood and umbilical cord-blood samples was assessed by microscopy and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in a holoendemic area in Kenya.

Two types of parasites are actually one with several host species, researchers have discovered. This finding has consequences for the global battle against the disease, the scientists say. Research ...

Anopheles freeborni, A. balabacensis balabacensis, A. atroparvus, A. stephensi, and A. maculatus mosquitoes were infected by feeding on 12 Aotus trivirgatus monkeys infected with a Nigerian strain of ...

Malaria is caused by a parasite that enters blood through the bite of an infected mosquito. Malaria is a serious parasitic disease and is carried to humans through mosquitoes infected with the ...

April 6 (UPI) --Scientists have solved a century-long puzzle involving malaria parasite infection in people and chimpanzees, a study released Wednesday reveals. A report published in the peer-reviewed ...

What is Malaria? It may be a potentially life-threatening parasitic disease caused by parasites referred to as Plasmodium, Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium malariae and Plasmodium ovale. Plasmodium ...

Malaria is a life-threatening mosquito-borne disease that is caused by one of four parasites including the Plasmodium falciparum, Plasmodium vivax, Plasmodium ovale, and Plasmodium malariae. In 2019 ...

THE study of the causes of intermittent or malarial fevers has received a marked impetus through the discovery by Laveran (Traité des fièvres palustres, 1884) of the presence in the blood of the ...